Living On The Dart
Unit 25 Osprey Quay Portland Marina
01305 826220/01803 845475
www.pedrosyachtrefinishing.co.uk
The Leading Yacht Painter & Repairer in the South West; specialising in high quality topsides painting, osmosis treatment & prevention, insurance approved repair centre; from a small repair to a total refit - the only Blakes and AWLGRIP Approved Centres in the area. Our services include:-
■ High quality AWLGRIP yacht painters ■ Structural & cosmetic GRP Repairs ■ Installation of bow and stern thrusters ■ Dinghy Repair & Restoration ■ Osmosis treatment using the HotVac system ■ Osmosis prevention ■ Varnish work ■ Boatyard Repairs ■ Gel Coat Peeler ■ Marine Paints & Coatings
John Tancred, Shipwright From where do you originate? well, my mother was French and my father was South African and i was born in Aylesbury because my father had been seconded to the rAF to learn to fly jets as was the form for most Commonwealth countries in that era. He had decided to stay on with them for a time but unfortunately six months after my twin and i were born (mother’s second set) my father was killed in a flying accident and she decided to take us out to my father’s home country first to Underberg and then to just south west of Durban where my mother gained employment as a secretary in a sugar cane business. i was never aware at the time of any hardship as such but i am sure coping with four children on her own would not have been easy. we stayed in South Africa until i was coming eleven and we then returned to this country. My mother subsequently married a man who had been her boyfriend prior to my father, which i think, is rather romantic! they lived here in Dartmouth in Swannerton road and some people will know them; Captain Peter and Monique wyatt. He was very involved in the Dartmouth & Kingswear Society and also as Church warden at St Petrox Church for many years. i have to say i learnt an awful lot from him. My school life was a bit chequered by all the moving around we did. i went to over 15 schools, but on returning to this country i went to a crammer before being accepted by Pangbourne nautical College from which i left in semi-disgrace as ‘a boy beyond discipline’ which is how the letter described me to my parents. in truth, it was i who had made the decision i was going to leave one way or another!
The West Country’s Leading Yacht Rigger & Mast Manufacturer Extensive range of mast spares and fittings, regional Selden dinghy & yacht centre.
www.spars.co.uk Unit 25 Osprey Quay, Portland Marina, Portland Dorset DT5 1DX - 01305 826220/01803 843322
What career path did you choose? i was never orientated to a career or any path. i have always been involved in something of the moment and never look further than the day i am in. that is the nature of me and i do not make comparison between myself and others. i have earned a living in a variety of ways from busking to now being a shipwright. i didn’t actually learn to play a guitar until i was forty (some might query how well but i do it for myself!) but i am self
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